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SAMUEL SHIVE, (YF FORKS, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letto-.g .Patent No. 69,495, and cette 1, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-WHEELS.

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T() ALL WHOM I'l MAY OONOERN:

Ile it known that I, SAMUEL SHIVE, 'of Forks, in the county of Columbia., and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Water-Wheels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear and exact description of the nature thereof, suiiicient to enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to fully understand and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, which represents a front-view of the device, constructed according to my plan, showing the workings thereof in colors. i

My invention consists of a `wheel to be propelled by the force ofthe current of water, whether of the wasteways of canals, rivers, or any swift streams, without dams, forebays, races, gates7 or the like, whereby power is obtained at a small cost. l

The wheel is mounted on a rising and falling frame, which is operated by suitable levers. so constructed that they will operate the same whether the wheel is raised or lowered, as will more fully described.

`In the drawings, A represents an ordinary surface-wheel mounted on a shaft, a, whose hearings ere in lugs or ears b on a frame, B. This frame has a rising or falling motion, and slides in grooves in an upright framing, C, which extends out from the shore or bank of the stream. D represents a hinged or swinging-pulley frame, consist-ing of two or 4more parts pivoted to each other. 'Ihe pintle c, which unites the parts, carries a pulley, d. The lower section of the frame has a pulley, e, mounted on the shaft, which is the extension of the shaft a of the water-wheel, und which has loose bearings in the sides of the said section. drivingshaft, which carries a pulley,f, and has its bearings on one side of tl the side E of the mill or shop F, through which it protrudes, and has connected to it the main driving-pulley G. II represents a lever pivoted to the side of the shop. Its outer end has pivoted te it un arm or lever, g, by irhich it is connected to the cross-piece L of the rising und felling frame. A lever or erin, c, is pivoted to the inner end of lever H, and is notched or pierced so as tc catch or iit into e pin or equivalent in a suitable part of the mill or shop, whereby the wheel, being raised or lowered, will be retained in position `accordingly. I is a belt or bund which passes around the pulley d and pulley e. K is a belt or band passing around pulley The pulleys are be hereinafter The upper section supports the` ie framing e, and its other side in The operation is as follows: When the water is at its usual height, as shown in black in the drawing, the wheel will be turned, communicating motion to the pulley e, then by means of bands I K and pulleys df t0 the driving-pulleyv G. Should the water rise, then the wheel must be raised. The arm ic being depressed, the lever lI will raise thc frame. The notches or openings in thc arm will hold it in position. The shaft a of the wheel following the movement ofthe wheel will raise the end of the lower section of the pulley-frame, and cause the two sections to be folded. It will be seen that the pintle c, being the point of hinging or pivoting, is always the sume, whether the two sections are brought closely together or fur apart; consequently, the belts I and K possess the suine tnutness and operate the driving-shnft uniformly, and regardless of the position of the wheel. Should the wheel he raised still higher, or, if lowered consequent to the falling of the stream, the same result is produced. When it is desired to stop the wheel it must be raised entirely out of the water. I thus obviatc the necessity of gutes, dams, or the like, and consider this part of my invention an important feature.

IIaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, und desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The wheel A mounted on the sliding-frame B, secured to the hinged-pulley frame D, and operating substantially as described for the purpose specified.

2. The hinged-pulley frame D in combination with the wheel A, constructed und oper described.

To the above I huve signed my name this 7th day of June, 1867.

ating` substantially SAMUEL SHIVE.

(Witnesses:

J. M. CuAnn-nnnrx, C. M. Bnown. 

